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Romania: General government expenditure (% of GDP)

Percent of GDP · 1962–2025 · 64 observations · forecasts to 2031 · gen_govexp_GDP

2025
43.3%percent of GDP
Change on 2024
0.0 pointsfrom 43.3%
Average, 2016–2025
39.0%10 years
Record high and low
45.3% (1985)low 23.8% (1963)

General government expenditure (% of GDP)

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Recent values

Percent of GDP

YearValue
203140.6Forecast
203041.2Forecast
202941.4Forecast
202841.6Forecast
202742.0Forecast
202642.9Forecast
202543.3
202443.3
202341.1
202240.9
202140.0
202041.7
201936.3
201834.6
201733.6
201634.8

Sources

  • IMF Fiscal Policy Panel1962–2023
  • IMF Government Finance Statistics1980–2023
  • IMF World Economic Outlook1990–2024
  • AMECO (European Commission)1995–2025
  • Eurostat1995–2025
  • OECD Economic Outlook1995–2025
  • IMF WEO (forecast)2024–2031
  • AMECO (forecast)2025–2027
  • OECD Economic Outlook (forecast)2025–2027

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Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →

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